Ian Thomas' Rutgers football teammates have had mixed reaction to his return

6:48 PM,
Apr. 24, 2014

Rutgers Ian Thomas stretches during football practice at Rutgers University on Tuesday.

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Ian Thomas is no longer pursuing a baseball career - if he ever was - but the Rutgers football cornerback still took an intentional pass Thursday on publicly explaining his actions last season.

Thomas mysteriously quit the Scarlet Knights after making three starts in the first six games and later refuted the explanation given at the time by coach Kyle Flood by saying he was "shocked" to hear his name linked to aspirations of playing baseball. He cited homesickness as the main reason for his departure.

But the Baltimore native never left school and was reinstated to the football team on a ...